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‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde’ is a Victorian horror – mystery and was written in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson. The story is about an intelligent, kind, respectable man (Dr Jekyll) who created & took a drug that transforms him into an evil creature that injures & kills people (Mr Hyde).
Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had always dreamt of becoming a writer but his father had expected him to follow in his footsteps and become an engineer. His first famous novel was Treasure Island written in 1883. He moved from Scotland to America and finally Samoa. It only took Stevenson three days to write ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde’. He died suddenly at the height of his career in 1894 at the age of forty-four. He had always suffered from a strange lung condition, which was worsened by the cold, wet climates of Scotland. Most of his novels, including this one, had the same theme; he was trying to show the duality (the two sides) of human nature.
Edinburgh was where Stevenson first understood the difference between the rich people (engineers etc.) and the poor people (working class) in industrialised areas. During his visits to London he realised that the rich/poor side of society was similar to that in Edinburghs.

Within the story he associates the environment of the poor, dirty, shabby parts of society with Mr Hyde (evil); whereas the homes of the rich, respectable, high class of society are associated with Dr. Jekyll (good). Mr Hyde is often seen going into a door, which is situated on a shabby street that leads into a house described as “a certain sinister block of building”. The door he uses to enter the building was “blistered and distained”, this suggests that it has not been cared for or maintained as it ought to have been.
In contrast the door of Dr. Jekyll’s home “wore a great air of wealth and comfort”, whilst the inside of the house is described as “warmed … by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly...